Did You Know?
Do you know about this?

I didn't know!

How could we have know?

Did you know that 47 countries' have reestablished their embassies in Iraq?

Did you know that the Iraqi government currently employs 1.2 million Iraqi
people?

Did you know that 3100 schools have been renovated,

364 schools are under rehabilitation,

263 new schools are now under construction and 38 new schools have been
completed in Iraq?

Did you know that Iraq's higher educational structure consists of 20
Universities,

46 Institutes or colleges and 4 research centers, all currently operating?

Did you know that 25 Iraq students departed for the United States in
January, 2005, for the re-established Fulbright program?

Did you know that the Iraqi Navy is operational?

They have 5 - 100-foot patrol craft, 34 smaller vessels and a naval
infantry regiment.

Did you know that Iraq's Air Force consists of three operational squadrons,
which includes 9 reconnaissance and 3 US C-130 transport aircraft (under
Iraqi operational control) which operate day and night, and will soon add
16 UH-1 helicopters and 4 Bell Jet Rangers?

Did you know that Iraq has a counter-terrorist unit and a Commando
Battalion?

Did you know that the Iraqi Police Service has over 55,000 fully trained
and equipped police officers?

Did you know that there are 5 Police Academies in Iraq that produce over
3500 new officers each 8 weeks?

Did you know there are more than 1100 building projects going on in Iraq?

They include 364 schools, 67 public clinics, 15 hospitals, 83 railroad
stations, 22 oil facilities, 93 water facilities and 69 electrical
facilities.

Did you know that 96% of Iraqi children under the age of 5 have received
the first 2 series of polio vaccinations?

Did you know that 4.3 million Iraqi children were enrolled in primary
school by mid October?

Did you know that there are 1,192,000 cell phone subscribers in Iraq and
phone use has gone up 158%?

Did you know that Iraq has an independent media that consists of 75 radio
stations, 180 newspapers and 10 television stations?

Did you know that the Baghdad Stock Exchange opened in June of 2004?

Did you know that 2 candidates in the Iraqi presidential election had a
televised debate recently?

OF COURSE WE DIDN'T KNOW!

It is funny that we never hear the good things that are happening in
Iraq.......


WHY DIDN'T WE KNOW? OUR MEDIA WOULDN'T TELL US!

Instead of reflecting our love for our country, we get photos of flag
burning incidents at Abu Ghraib and people throwing snowballs at the
presidential motorcades.

Tragically, the lack of accentuating the positive in Iraq serves two
purposes:

It is intended to undermine the world's perception of the United States
thus minimizing consequent support, and it is intended to discourage
American citizens.

---- Above facts are verifiable on the Department of Defense web site.

www.defenselink.mil/

.......Pass it on! Give it wide dissemination!

 

Sure we know, same way you do. Sheese man, if nobody knows where did you get info from...a public info service called the US government. Same place we all get it from.

BTW I am a fanatical troop supporter.

 

Thanks for the post, my brother is scheduled to head to Iraq when his AIT wraps in in 3 weeks. Great to hear about some positive instead of all the negative

 

Did YOU know you type extremely long posts!!! No but seriously good to know

 

Thank your brother for me. His service is admirable and appreciated.

 

My brothers company got told last week that if they haven't been overseas yet..... they would be in the next 3 months. I told him last fall to take the Okinawa (sp?) tour....... Did he listen???? NO.... something else seemed more important, I can kind of understand his circumstances but the decision hurt him in the long run in that circumstanse too. Hoping praying that decision not to go there back then, don't kill him now that he has to go mid east somewhere unkown exact for sure yet.